TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth

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作者
Civis, Svatopluk [1 ]
Szabla, Rafal [2 ]
Szyja, Bartlomiej M. [3 ,4 ]
Smykowski, Daniel [5 ]
Ivanek, Ondrej [1 ]
Knizek, Antonin [1 ]
Kubelik, Petr [1 ,7 ]
Sponer, Jiri [2 ,6 ]
Ferus, Martin [1 ]
Sponer, Judit E. [2 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Acad Sci Czech Republ, J Heyrovsky Inst Phys Chem, Dolejskova 3, CZ-18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
[2] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Biophys, Kralovopolska 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
[3] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn & Chem, Inorgan Mat Chem, Den Dolech 2, NL-5612 AZ Eindhoven, Netherlands
[4] Wroclaw Univ Technol, Fac Chem, Div Fuels Chem & Technol, Gdanska 7-9, PL-50344 Wroclaw, Poland
[5] Wroclaw Univ Technol, Fac Mech & Power Engn, Ul Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, PL-50370 Wroclaw, Poland
[6] Masaryk Univ, CEITEC Cent European Inst Technol, Campus Bohunice,Kamenice 5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic
[7] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, Na Slovance 2, Prague 18221 8, Czech Republic
关键词
HIGH-ENERGY CHEMISTRY; CARBONACEOUS METEORITES; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; FORMAMIDE; GLYCOLALDEHYDE; MECHANISM; COMETARY; WATER;
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10.1038/srep23199
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Recent synthetic efforts aimed at reconstructing the beginning of life on our planet point at the plausibility of scenarios fueled by extraterrestrial energy sources. In the current work we show that beyond nucleobases the sugar components of the first informational polymers can be synthesized in this way. We demonstrate that a laser-induced high-energy chemistry combined with TiO2 catalysis readily produces a mixture of pentoses, among them ribose, arabinose and xylose. This chemistry might be highly relevant to the Late Heavy Bombardment period of Earth's history about 4-3.85 billion years ago. In addition, we present an in-depth theoretical analysis of the most challenging step of the reaction pathway, i.e., the TiO2-catalyzed dimerization of formaldehyde leading to glycolaldehyde.
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